Casualties in World War II

This page provides information about the number of troops in World War II, including how many were wounded or killed in battle. The data is divided by each nation that participated in the war.

Country	Men in war	Battle deaths	Wounded
Australia	1,000,000	26,976	180,864
Austria	800,000	280,000	350,117
Belgium	625,000	8,460	55,513¹
Brazil²	40,334	943	4,222
Bulgaria	339,760	6,671	21,878
Canada	1,086,343⁷	42,042⁷	53,145
China³	17,250,521	1,324,516	1,762,006
Czechoslovakia	—	6,683⁴	8,017
Denmark	—	4,339	—
Finland	500,000	79,047	50,000
France	—	201,568	400,000
Germany	20,000,000	3,250,000⁴	7,250,000
Greece	—	17,024	47,290
Hungary	—	147,435	89,313
India	2,393,891	32,121	64,354
Italy	3,100,000	149,496⁴	66,716
Japan	9,700,000	1,270,000	140,000
Netherlands	280,000	6,500	2,860
New Zealand	194,000	11,625⁴	17,000
Norway	75,000	2,000	—
Poland	—	664,000	530,000
Romania	650,000⁵	350,000⁶	—
South Africa	410,056	2,473	—
U.S.S.R.	—	6,115,000⁴	14,012,000
United Kingdom	5,896,000	357,116⁴	369,267
United States	16,112,566	291,557	670,846
Yugoslavia	3,741,000	305,000	425,000

1. Civilians only.

2. Army and navy figures.

3. Figures cover period July 7, 1937–Sept. 2, 1945, and concern only Chinese regular troops. They do not include casualties suffered by guerrillas and local military corps.

4. Deaths from all causes.

5. Against Soviet Russia; 385,847 against Nazi Germany.

6. Against Soviet Russia; 169,822 against Nazi Germany.

7. National Defense Ctr., Canadian Forces Hq., Director of History.

NOTE: The figures in this table are unofficial estimates obtained from various sources.

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